Corner of Court and Lee Streets
P. O. BOX 2044
CHARLESTON, WV 25327-2044
PHONE (304) 346-0106

THE VERY REV. OLOF H. SCOTT
PASTOR'S STUDY
PHONE (304) 346-0146

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Questions that have been answered over the past years in the weekly bulletin are listed below according to topic. You are encouraged to submit questions to   Fr. Olof Scott.  Not all of the questions are here, but if your question has already been asked and answered, Fr. Scott will be happy to provide you with the answer if you include your name.

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A

Abortion education at Covenant House
Altar (venerating)
Altar covering/Katasarkion
Altar boys/Sacristans (functions)
"Amen"
American soldiers
anaphora
Antidoran (sharing)
antiphon 
Anger
Antidoron
Apostles' Fast
Apostraphe-s in church names
Archdiocese bi-annual meeting
Army
Ash Wednesday
Attending a church (when traveling)
Attire (during Church Services)
Attending Two Different Churches (having children)

B

Background and Heritage
Baptism vs. re-baptism
Bible
"The Bible Code"
BISHOP (How to address)
BISHOP (sit/stand when presiding)
Blessing material objects
Blessing (telling)
"Blood of the Lamb"
Bringing Bible to Church
Bread offering in scarf (meaning of)
Bulletin
Bulletin cover (images of icons)

C

Calendar (September 1)
Catechism (joining Orthodox Faith)

Cell Phones
Censer (use of)
Chanting in English
Choir Awards
Christianity and Islam
Christmas carols (after liturgy)
Christmas Tree and Feast of Epiphany
Christmas Tree (placement of)
Churches (richly adorned)
Clerical collar
Closed casket at funerals
Communion
Communion (non-Orthodox)
Communion Prayer
dropping Communion into mouth
Compline/Akathist
Confession
Conflict

Conversations with God books
Cremation
Crosses (displaying body of Je0sus Christ)

D

“The Da Vinci Code”
Deacon's Stole
death penalty11
differences between Mission, Church, Cathedral
differences (Orthodox vs Roman Catholic)
dinosaurs
Disruptive children
Disposing of Blessed flowers, Holy oil, etc.
Divorce
Dress (appearance in church)

E

Easter Date (difference between Western and Orthodox)
Ecclisiastics 11:1,2
Ecumenical Relations & Catholic Mass
ektenia
U.S. Election
Eloping
"End times" and second coming of Christ
Entering Heaven (Baptism)
Epiphany (blessing homes)
Epiphany/Theophany
 Episcopol Church
"Evil Eye"
Evolution

F

Faith and Works
expressing FAITH in public speeches
Fasting
Fasting (When to break?)
"fear" -  meaning of
fear (sickness, suffering, death)
50th Psalm
"first breath" theory
First Communion
Forgiveness
(self)Forgiveness
Free will (men and angels)
Orthodox Funeral Service
Orthodox Funeral Service on Sundays

G

Gambling
Gluttony/Fasting
Godparent(s)
replacing Godparent
Gospel (spoken, chanted, or sung)
Greeting one another/"Kiss of Peace"
Great Entrance
Great Entrance (mentioning names)
Is St. George described as "Greek" Orthodox?
Guardian Angel

H

Harry Potter books
Healing (Scripture verses)
Heaven

Holy Bread (Seal)
Holy Bread (wrapped in Scarf)
Holy Communion (method for taking)
Holy Oblation (Orthodox & non-orthodox names)
Holy Water,Bread,Oil and Blessed Palsm,Flowers (proper use and disposal)
Holy Week
Homosexuality
Hymns and Responses

I

Icons, Iconostasis and Images
Icon (how to venerate)
Icons (write?)
Image of God
Immigration
Involuntary sin
Iraq
Islam vs Our Church
Hardships for Christians before, during, and after war

J

Jesus (what he looked like)
Jesus (teenage and childhood years)
Jesus as "Son of God" or "Son of Man"
Jesus of Nazareth (Bethlehem)
Jew-Orthodox Christian (Relationship)
Job's faithfulness
Our "Justice" system

 

Parish Council (requirements of officer)
Patriarch
Plastic surgery
Political belief
Pope's Visit
Posture when praying
Praise to God
Praying (Why?)
"Prayer in Time of Trouble"
Prayers for deceased
Prayers said by priest during liturgy
Predestination vs. Free Will
Presanctified Liturgy
Priest (difficulty in being)
Priesthood (disability)
prothesis
Psalm 69: verses 1-4

R

St.  Raphael
Readings
Relics
"rightly dividing the word of thy truth"
repetitious prayers
Roman Catholic Mass
Rome Orthodox

S

Sacristans
Saints (which day honored?)
Samaritan woman (conversation)
Sexual lust and Sexual love (differences)
Shaking of aer over gifts
Sign of Cross and head bowing (during liturgy)
Similarities in worship (Orthodox vs Jewish)
Sin
Sin (involuntary)
Sitting,standing,kneeling (complication of pews)
"sixth month"
Sophia/Wisdom
Souls (Where do souls go after death?)
Souls (before birth?)
Spirit/physical body of man
Spiritual father
St. Jude
St. Michael
St. Paul - Women
Standing (during censing of deceased)
Standing (and Sitting) during services
Standing during Hierarchial Services
Starting a Prayer
Status of Orthodox Churches in Islamic Countries
Stem cell research
Sub-deacon
Suffering
Suicide
Synod, self-rule, hierarchial leaders

T

Tattoos
Theosis
"thyself uncircumscribed"
Timely Church Attendance

V

Vanity
Virgin Mary
Virgin Mary (immaculate conception of)

W

Wedding Ceremonies
Women (remaining unclean after birth)
Women (Use of Collection Trays)
Work on Sunday

 

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